| Rocketman gets Win; Cooper takes Gulfcoast Mod Championship | By Rick Anges
Brittany Barr Takes First Magic 4 Win
A hot and steamy night greeted the fans and racers for Saturday nights racing at DeSoto Super Speedway. Three classes headlined the evenings action, The Florida Mini-Stock Challenge Series, the Gulf Coast Modified Series and the DeSoto Pro Trucks were all on hand to run 50 lap features.
Gulf Coast Modified Series: Coming into the final race of the tumultuous 2007 season for the Gulf Coast Modifieds it was down to the wire to crown a Champion. Robbie Cooper and Curtis Neumann came into the final race in a dead heat in the run for the crown.
The Rocketman Wayne Jefferson easily took fast time for the nights fifty-lap feature. Sean McLaughlin led the early stages of the race, but had Jefferson right on his back bumper. The Duo went at it lap after lap until Jefferson was able to make the move and take over the top spot. Jefferson was able to pull away and went unchallenged for the rest of the run.
McLaughlin was running second with Chet Senokossoff running third. Behind them, racing was heating up. John Sarppraicone Jr. had gotten around Neumann who had Cooper in his rearview mirror as they all were battling hard for the fourth spot. Neumann gave Sarppraicone a bump move sending him around and bringing out the yellow. Both competitors were sent to the rear of the field thus handing the championship to Cooper who was running sixth at the time.
When the smoke cleared it was Jefferson taking the win, McLaughlin was second, third was Senokossoff, fourth was Robbie Cooper and fifth, Lee Collins.
Finish:
1. 1 Wayne Jefferson Pinellas Park, FL.
2. 99 Sean McLaughlin Port Charlotte, FL
3. 61 Chet Senokossoff St. Petersburg, FL.
4. 98 Robbie Cooper Bronson, FL.
5. 89 Lee Collins Immokalee, FL.
6. 88 John Sappraicone JR. R Myakka City, FL.
7. 2 Ralph Bowman Seminole, FL
8. 01 Curtis Neumann R Inverness, FL.
9. 8 Chris Escott St. Petersburg, FL.
10. 22 Sammy Coghill New Port Ritchie, FL.
11. 77 Bryan Rogers Tampa, FL.
12. 60 Pat Nanney Bradenton, FL.
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DeSoto Pro Trucks:
Travis Roland came into the night leading the point of
the DeSoto Pro Trucks and once again took fast time
for the nights event. He started twelfth on the
field due to the rule of the previous winner and
second place finisher starting eleventh and twelfth.
The drama began when a yellow came out and it was
determined that Roland had caused the caution. Roland
stopped on the backstretch to plead his case. The
officials then gave Roland the Black Flag for
unprofessional actions ending his night. He also lots
all points for the altercation.
Up front second place in the points going into the
race Gary Foxworth led the rest of the way and
took over the run championship by six points. Charlie
Montgomery finished in the second spot, third was
Danny Anderson, fourth was Bill Manfull and fifth Nick
King.
Pos Driver Car #
1. GARY FOXWORTH 25
2. CHARLIE MONTGOMERY 12
3. DANNY ANDERSON 50
4. BILL MANFULL 48
5. NICK KING-M-TKS 3
6. KYLE MUSSELMAN O7
7. BRENT HUBER 64
8. STEPHEN NASSE 69
9. MARK GILL 75
10. AL NEUMANN 4
11. WILLIAM CARLBERT JR 11X
12. JIM REPPI SR 57
13. TATE LINDSAY 1
14. JASON DEATON 99
15. GARY DEEMER 18
16. MAXX BENNETT 1X
17. BLAKE KOCH 33
18. JOHN LINDSAY 17
19. TRAVIS ROLAND 01
Clear Channel Magic 4’s
The race of the night saw young Brittany Barr take her
first ever win in the Magic 4 class that features
12-17 year old novice drivers. Barr whose father Pete
Barr competes in the Bomber Division, did not have an
easy go of it as Corey Bigley was racing her hard in
the second spot. Bigley really put the heat on her but
she never lost her cool as she roared to her first
ever-checkered flag. “I was screaming so loud in my
helmet when I saw those checkered flags” said
Brittany. Bigley had a solid run in second. Third went
to a hard charging Chelsea LaJoie, fourth across the
stripe was Alex Patten and fifth went to Dylan Bigley.
Pos Driver Car #
1. BRITTANY BARR 81
2. COREY BIGLEY 25
3. CHELSEA LAJOIE 3
4. ALEX PATTEN 13
5. DYLAN BIGLEY 28
6. NICK ANDRIES 74
7. JESSICA OSTROVSKIS 91
8. ALBERT NAIL 00
9. BILL LEAKE 03
10. AUSTIN CRAIG 10
11. AUSTIN CAVEY 20
12. TYLER ANDRIES 26
Florida Mini-Stock Challenge Series
1 Robbie Storer
2 Chris Thornton
3 Chris Zimmerman
4 Dustin Perez
5 Rex Christensen
6 Brad Stegar
7 James Ellis
8 Mike Birk Jr.
9 Mitchell Webb
10 Ronnie Larson
11 Cody Blair
12 Robbie Yoakam
Manatee Lumber Bombers
Pos Driver Car #
1 DEAN BUTRUM 32
2 JEFF FIRESTINE 93
3 MICHAEL CROOKS 33
4 RICK GERMONY 8
5 SHANE YODER 1Y
6 JOHN STEWART 02
7 SCOTT DAWLEY 74
8 STEVE ELDER 42
9 KENNY GIBSON 23
10 CLIFF MITCHELL 17
11 SAMMY COGHILL 22
12 MARK FIELDS 77
13 JEFF TAYLOR 70
14 KEN SMITH 11
15 LOU RUSSELL 3
16 JERRY TETTING 39
17 JOSEPH "J R " WELDEN 40
18 MARK BOXELL 88
19 CLINT SNYDER 15X
Manatee Lumber Pure Stocks
Pos Driver Car #
1. JAMES CRAWFORD JR 34
2. BLAIR PONTIOUS 39
3. ROBERT CRISP 38
4. RANDY JOHNSON 73
5. TROY MEREDITH 75
6. DARRIN ELLIS 71
7. TROY THIEM 18
8. DAVID DAVIS 6X
9. ALLEN BRAGG 89
10. MARK PICKLESIMER 07
11. TYLER LAU 1
12. GEORGE BARTIMAC 21X
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